Elaina

Where Elaina comes from

The dictionaries list Elaina as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, of modern usage, variant of Elaine — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1941
    First appearance
    #2,190 among girls, 15 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Elaina Oden born
    American volleyball player
  3. 2020
    Peak, #250
    1,209 babies named Elaina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, of modern usage, variant of Elaine.
Namesakes
  • Elaina Oden · American volleyball player, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.